Fujian is a province of China, with the vast majority administered by the People's Republic of China (PRC), and the offshore islands of Kinmen (Quemoy, Jinmen, etc.) and Matsu administered by the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan.
Fujian Province | |
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Province | |
Capital: Fuzhou (PRC); Jincheng (ROC) | |
Prefecture-level divisions | |
Sub-provincial cities | 1 (PRC) 2 (ROC) |
Prefectural cities | 8 |
County level divisions | |
County cities | 13 |
Counties | 43 (PRC) 67 (ROC) |
Districts | 29 |
Township level divisions | |
Towns | 600 |
Townships | 311 |
Ethnic townships | 19 |
Subdistricts | 173 |
Villages level divisions | |
Communities | 2,378 |
Administrative villages | 14,406 |
The above are numbers given officially by the PRC, so Kinmen County, ROC (Taiwan) (6 townships) and Matsu Township (Lienchiang County, ROC (Taiwan)) are included as well. |
The PRC-administered Fujian Province is made up of three levels of administrative division: prefecture-level, county-level, and township-level. The ROC-administered Fujian consists of 67 counties and 2 cities (Fuzhou and Xiamen). Among the two of its 67 counties are Kinmen and Lienchiang.
All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China. This chart lists only prefecture-level and county-level divisions of Fujian as given by the PRC.
For the list of township-level divisions within each county, see list of township-level divisions of Fujian.
Administrative divisions
editPrefecture level (Division code) |
County Level | ||||
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Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Division code[1] | ||
Fuzhou city 福州市 Fúzhōu Shì (Capital) (3501 / FOC) |
Gulou District | 鼓楼区 | Gǔlóu Qū | 350102 | GLR |
Taijiang District | 台江区 | Táijiāng Qū | 350103 | TJQ | |
Cangshan District | 仓山区 | Cāngshān Qū | 350104 | CSQ | |
Mawei District | 马尾区 | Mǎwěi Qū | 350105 | MWQ | |
Jin'an District | 晋安区 | Jìn'ān Qū | 350111 | JAF | |
Changle District[a] | 长乐区 | Chánglè Qū | 350112 | ||
Minhou County | 闽侯县 | Mǐnhòu Xiàn [b] | 350121 | MHO | |
Lianjiang County[a] | 连江县 | Liánjiāng Xiàn | 350122 | LJF | |
Luoyuan County[a] | 罗源县 | Luóyuán Xiàn | 350123 | LOY | |
Minqing County | 闽清县 | Mǐnqīng Xiàn | 350124 | MQG | |
Yongtai County | 永泰县 | Yǒngtài Xiàn | 350125 | YTX | |
Pingtan County | 平潭县 | Píngtán Xiàn | 350128 | PTN | |
Fuqing city | 福清市 | Fúqīng Shì | 350181 | FQS | |
Xiamen city 厦门市 Xiàmén Shì (Sub-provincial) (3502 / XMN) |
Siming District | 思明区 | Sīmíng Qū | 350203 | SMQ |
Haicang District | 海沧区 | Hǎicāng Qū | 350205 | HCA | |
Huli District | 湖里区 | Húlǐ Qū | 350206 | HLQ | |
Jimei District | 集美区 | Jíměi Qū | 350211 | JMQ | |
Tong'an District | 同安区 | Tóng'ān Qū | 350212 | TAQ | |
Xiang'an District | 翔安区 | Xiáng'ān Qū | 350213 | XIU | |
Putian city 莆田市 Pútián Shì (3503 / PUT) |
Chengxiang District | 城厢区 | Chéngxiāng Qū | 350302 | CXP |
Hanjiang District | 涵江区 | Hánjiāng Qū | 350303 | HJQ | |
Licheng District | 荔城区 | Lìchéng Qū | 350304 | LEG | |
Xiuyu District[c] | 秀屿区 | Xiùyǔ Qū | 350305 | XUQ | |
Xianyou County | 仙游县 | Xiānyóu Xiàn | 350322 | XYF | |
Sanming city 三明市 Sānmíng Shì (3504 / SMS) | |||||
Sanyuan District | 三元区 | Sānyuán Qū | 350404 | SYB | |
Shaxian District | 沙县区 | Shāxiàn Qū | 350405 | SAX | |
Mingxi County | 明溪县 | Míngxī Xiàn | 350421 | MXI | |
Qingliu County | 清流县 | Qīngliú Xiàn | 350423 | QLX | |
Ninghua County | 宁化县 | Nínghuà Xiàn | 350424 | NGH | |
Datian County | 大田县 | Dàtián Xiàn | 350425 | DTM | |
Youxi County | 尤溪县 | Yóuxī Xiàn | 350426 | YXF | |
Jiangle County | 将乐县 | Jiānglè Xiàn | 350428 | JLE | |
Taining County | 泰宁县 | Tàiníng Xiàn | 350429 | TNG | |
Jianning County | 建宁县 | Jiànníng Xiàn | 350430 | JNF | |
Yong'an city | 永安市 | Yǒng'ān Shì | 350481 | YAF | |
Quanzhou city 泉州市 Quánzhōu Shì (3505 / QZJ) |
Licheng District | 鲤城区 | Lǐchéng Qū | 350502 | LCQ |
Fengze District | 丰泽区 | Fēngzé Qū | 350503 | FZE | |
Luojiang District | 洛江区 | Luòjiāng Qū | 350504 | LJQ | |
Quangang District | 泉港区 | Quángǎng Qū | 350505 | QGQ | |
Hui'an County | 惠安县 | Huì'ān Xiàn | 350521 | HAF | |
Anxi County | 安溪县 | Ānxī Xiàn | 350524 | ANX | |
Yongchun County | 永春县 | Yǒngchūn Xiàn | 350525 | YCM | |
Dehua County | 德化县 | Déhuà Xiàn | 350526 | DHA | |
Kinmen County[c] | 金門縣 | Jīnmén Xiàn | 350527 | JME | |
Shishi city | 石狮市 | Shíshī Shì | 350581 | SHH | |
Jinjiang city | 晋江市 | Jìnjiāng Shì | 350582 | JJG | |
Nan'an city | 南安市 | Nán'ān Shì | 350583 | NAS | |
Zhangzhou city 漳州市 Zhāngzhōu Shì (3506 / ZZU) |
Xiangcheng District | 芗城区 | Xiāngchéng Qū | 350602 | XZZ |
Longwen District | 龙文区 | Lóngwén Qū | 350603 | LWZ | |
Longhai District | 龙海区 | Lónghǎi Qū | 350604 | LHM | |
Changtai District | 长泰区 | Chángtài Qū | 350605 | CTA | |
Yunxiao County | 云霄县 | Yúnxiāo Xiàn | 350622 | YXO | |
Zhangpu County | 漳浦县 | Zhāngpǔ Xiàn | 350623 | ZPU | |
Zhao'an County | 诏安县 | Zhào'ān Xiàn | 350624 | ZAF | |
Changtai County | 长泰县 | Chángtài Xiàn | 350625 | CTA | |
Dongshan County | 东山县 | Dōngshān Xiàn | 350626 | DSN | |
Nanjing County | 南靖县 | Nánjìng Xiàn | 350627 | NJX | |
Pinghe County | 平和县 | Pínghé Xiàn | 350628 | PHE | |
Hua'an County | 华安县 | Huá'ān Xiàn | 350629 | HAN | |
Longhai city | 龙海市 | Lónghǎi Shì | 350681 | LHM | |
Nanping city 南平市 Nánpíng Shì (3507 / NPS) |
Yanping District | 延平区 | Yánpíng Qū | 350702 | YPQ |
Jianyang District | 建阳区 | Jiànyáng Qū | 350703 | JYU | |
Shunchang County | 顺昌县 | Shùnchāng Xiàn | 350721 | SCG | |
Pucheng County | 浦城县 | Pǔchéng Xiàn | 350722 | PCX | |
Guangze County | 光泽县 | Guāngzé Xiàn | 350723 | GZE | |
Songxi County | 松溪县 | Sōngxī Xiàn | 350724 | SOX | |
Zhenghe County | 政和县 | Zhènghé Xiàn | 350725 | ZGH | |
Shaowu city | 邵武市 | Shàowǔ Shì | 350781 | SWU | |
Wuyishan city | 武夷山市 | Wǔyíshān Shì | 350782 | WUS | |
Jian'ou city | 建瓯市 | Jiàn'ōu Shì | 350783 | JOU | |
Longyan city 龙岩市 Lóngyán Shì (3508 / LYF) |
Xinluo District | 新罗区 | Xīnluó Qū | 350802 | XNL |
Yongding District | 永定区 | Yǒngdìng Qū | 350803 | YDN | |
Changting County | 长汀县 | Chángtīng Xiàn | 350821 | CTG | |
Shanghang County | 上杭县 | Shàngháng Xiàn | 350823 | SHF | |
Wuping County | 武平县 | Wǔpíng Xiàn | 350824 | WPG | |
Liancheng County | 连城县 | Liánchéng Xiàn | 350825 | LCF | |
Zhangping city | 漳平市 | Zhāngpíng Shì | 350881 | ZGP | |
Ningde city 宁德市 Níngdé Shì (3509 / NDS) |
Jiaocheng District | 蕉城区 | Jiāochéng Qū | 350902 | JIQ |
Xiapu County | 霞浦县 | Xiápǔ Xiàn | 350921 | XPU | |
Gutian County | 古田县 | Gǔtián Xiàn | 350922 | GTN | |
Pingnan County | 屏南县 | Píngnán Xiàn | 350923 | PNX | |
Shouning County | 寿宁县 | Shòuníng Xiàn | 350924 | SNF | |
Zhouning County | 周宁县 | Zhōuníng Xiàn | 350925 | ZNX | |
Zherong County | 柘荣县 | Zhèróng Xiàn | 350926 | ZRG | |
Fu'an city | 福安市 | Fú'ān Shì | 350981 | FAS | |
Fuding city | 福鼎市 | Fúdǐng Shì | 350982 | FDG |
- ^ a b c The Lienchiang County (Matsu Islands), Republic of China (Taiwan), is claimed by the PRC as a part of its Lianjiang County. The Juguang Islands, claimed as a part of Changle District, Fuzhou by the PRC, and the islands of Dongyin and Siyin, claimed as part of the Luoyuan County by the PRC, are also part of Lienchiang County, ROC (Taiwan).
- ^ not Mǐnhóu
- ^ a b Kinmen County (Quemoy, Jinmen, etc.) is part of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The county is claimed by the PRC. Kinmen County also includes the Wuqiu (Wuciou) Islands, claimed by the PRC as a part of Xiuyu District, Putian.
Administrative divisions history
editRecent changes in administrative divisions
editDate | Before | After | Note | Reference[2][3] |
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1981-09-21 | Longyan County | Longyan (PC-City) | reorganized | |
1983-01-18 | all Province-controlled city (P-City) → Prefecture-level city (PL-City) | Civil Affairs Announcement | ||
all Prefecture-controlled city (PC-City) → County-level city (CL-City) | ||||
1983-04-28 | Putian Prefecture | Jinjiang Prefecture | merged into | |
parts of Putian Prefecture | Fuzhou (PL-City) | transferred | ||
↳ Minqing County | ↳ Minqing County | transferred | ||
↳ Yongtai County | ↳ Yongtai County | transferred | ||
↳ Fuqing County | ↳ Fuqing County | transferred | ||
↳ Changle County | ↳ Changle County | transferred | ||
↳ Pingtan County | ↳ Pingtan County | transferred | ||
Ningde Prefecture | Fuzhou (PL-City) | transferred | ||
↳ Lianjiang County | ↳ Lianjiang County | transferred | ||
↳ Luoyuan County | ↳ Luoyuan County | transferred | ||
Sanming Prefecture | Sanming (PL-City) | reorganized | ||
1983-09-09 | parts of Jinjiang Prefecture | Putian (PL-City) | established | |
↳ Putian County | ↳ Chengxiang District | established | ||
↳ Hanjiang District | established | |||
↳ Putian County | transferred | |||
↳ Xianyou County | ↳ Xianyou County | transferred | ||
1983-10-17 | Shaowu County | Shaowu (CL-City) | reorganized | |
1984-09-12 | Yong'an County | Yong'an (CL-City) | reorganized | |
1985-05-14 | Jinjiang Prefecture | Quanzhou (PL-City) city district | reorganized | |
↳ Quanzhou (CL-City) | disestablished | |||
Longxi Prefecture | Zhangzhou (PL-City) | reorganized | ||
Zhangzhou (CL-City) | Xiangcheng District | reorganized | ||
1985-12-22 | Quanzhou (PL-City) city district | Licheng District | established | |
1987-06-10 | parts of Siming District | Huli District | established | |
Jiao District, Xiamen | Jimei District | renamed | ||
1987-12-07 | parts of Jinjiang County | Shishi (CL-City) | established | |
1988-10-04 | Ningde County | Ningde (CL-City) | established | |
1988-10-24 | Jianyang Prefecture | Nanping Prefecture | renamed | |
1989-08-21 | Chong'an County | Wuyishan (CL-City) | established | |
1989-11-13 | Fu'an County | Fu'an (CL-City) | established | |
1990-08-15 | Zhangping County | Zhangping (CL-City) | reorganized | |
1990-12-26 | Fuqing County | Fuqing (CL-City) | reorganized | |
1992-03-06 | Jinjiang County | Jinjiang (CL-City) | reorganized | Civil Affairs [1992]23 |
1993-10-20 | Jian'ou County | Jian'ou (CL-City) | reorganized | Civil Affairs [1992]121 |
1993-03-12 | Longhai County | Longhai (CL-City) | reorganized | Civil Affairs [1993]94 |
Nan'an County | Nan'an (CL-City) | reorganized | Civil Affairs [1993]95 | |
1994-02-18 | Changle County | Changle (CL-City) | reorganized | Civil Affairs [1994]28 |
1994-03-04 | Jianyang County | Jianyang (CL-City) | reorganized | Civil Affairs [1994]40 |
1994-09-05 | Nanping Prefecture | Nanping (PL-City) | reorganized | State Council [1994]94 |
Nanping (CL-City) | Yanping District | reorganized | ||
1995-10-13 | Fuding County | Fuding (CL-City) | reorganized | |
1995-03-04 | Jiao District, Fuzhou | Jin'an District | reorganized | State Council [1995]102 |
1996-05-31 | parts of Xiangcheng District | Longwen District | established | State Council [1996]38 |
1996-11-20 | Longyan Prefecture | Longyan (PL-City) | reorganized | State Council [1996]100 |
Longyan (CL-City) | Xinluo District | reorganized | ||
Tong'an County | Tong'an District | established | State Council [1996]101 | |
1997-06-03 | parts of Licheng District, Quanzhou |
Fengze District | reorganized | State Council [1997]42 |
Luojiang District | reorganized | |||
1999-11-14 | Ningde Prefecture | Ningde (PL-City) | reorganized | State Council [1999]136 |
Ningde (CL-City) | Jiaocheng District | reorganized | ||
2000-04-20 | parts of Hui'an County | Quangang District | established | State Council [2000]31 |
2002-02-01 | Putian County | Chengxiang District | disestablished & merged into | State Council [2002]9 |
Hanjiang District | disestablished & merged into | |||
Licheng District, Putian | disestablished & established | |||
Xiuyu District | disestablished & established | |||
2003-04-26 | Gulangyu District | Siming District | merged into | State Council [2003]2 |
Kaiyuan District | Siming District | merged into | ||
Xinglin District | Haicang District | merged into | ||
parts of Tong'an District | Xiang'an District | established | ||
2014-05-02 | Jianyang (CL-City) | Jianyang District | reorganized | State Council [2014]57 |
2014-12-30 | Yongding County | Yongding District | reorganized | State Council [2014]159 |
2017-07-18 | Changle (CL-City) | Changle District | reorganized | State Council [2017]103 |
2019-01-01 | Fujian Provincial Government dissolved → Kinmen–Matsu Joint Services Center All counties now governed directly by the Executive Yuan |
Executive Yuan of the R.O.C.[4] |
Population composition
editPrefectures
editPrefecture | 2010 | 2000 |
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Fuzhou | 7,115,370 | 6,386,013 |
Xiamen | 3,531,347 | 2,053,070 |
Longyan | 2,559,545 | 2,684,310 |
Nanping | 3,138,967 | 3,040,799 |
Ningde | 3,393,698 | 3,235,705 |
Putian | 2,778,508 | 2,727,923 |
Quanzhou | 8,128,530 | 7,283,040 |
Sanming | 2,503,388 | 2,574,075 |
Zhangzhou | 4,809,983 | 4,581,675 |
Counties
editName | Prefecture | 2010 |
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Gulou | Fuzhou | 687,706 |
Taijiang | Fuzhou | 446,891 |
Cangshan | Fuzhou | 762,746 |
Mawei | Fuzhou | 231,929 |
Jin'an | Fuzhou | 792,491 |
Minhou | Fuzhou | 662,118 |
Lianjiang | Fuzhou | 561,490 |
Luoyuan | Fuzhou | 207,677 |
Minqing | Fuzhou | 237,643 |
Yongtai | Fuzhou | 249,455 |
Pingtan | Fuzhou | 357,760 |
Fuqing | Fuzhou | 1,234,838 |
Changle | Fuzhou | 682,626 |
Siming | Xiamen | 929,998 |
Haicang | Xiamen | 288,739 |
Huli | Xiamen | 931,291 |
Jimei | Xiamen | 580,857 |
Tong'an | Xiamen | 496,129 |
Xiang'an | Xiamen | 304,333 |
Chengxiang | Putian | 413,853 |
Hanjiang | Putian | 470,097 |
Licheng | Putian | 499,110 |
Xiuyu | Putian | 570,741 |
Xianyou | Putian | 824,707 |
Meilie | Sanming | 176,539 |
Sanyuan | Sanming | 198,958 |
Mingxi | Sanming | 102,667 |
Qingliu | Sanming | 136,248 |
Ninghua | Sanming | 272,443 |
Datian | Sanming | 311,631 |
Youxi | Sanming | 352,067 |
Sha(xian) | Sanming | 226,669 |
Jiangle | Sanming | 148,867 |
Taining | Sanming | 110,278 |
Jianning | Sanming | 119,979 |
Yong'an | Sanming | 347,042 |
Licheng | Quanzhou | 404,817 |
Fengze | Quanzhou | 529,640 |
Luojiang | Quanzhou | 187,189 |
Quangang | Quanzhou | 313,539 |
Hui'an | Quanzhou | 944,231 |
Anxi | Quanzhou | 977,432 |
Yongchun | Quanzhou | 452,217 |
Dehua | Quanzhou | 277,867 |
Shishi | Quanzhou | 636,700 |
Jinjiang | Quanzhou | 1,986,447 |
Nan'an | Quanzhou | 1418,451 |
Xiangcheng | Zhangzhou | 538,186 |
Longwen | Zhangzhou | 167,463 |
Yunxiao | Zhangzhou | 415,835 |
Zhangpu | Zhangzhou | 802,971 |
Zhao'an | Zhangzhou | 597,798 |
Changtai | Zhangzhou | 206,809 |
Dongshan | Zhangzhou | 211,505 |
Nanjing | Zhangzhou | 333,969 |
Pinghe | Zhangzhou | 498,533 |
Hua'an | Zhangzhou | 159,152 |
Longhai | Zhangzhou | 877,762 |
Yanping | Nanping | 467,875 |
Shunchang | Nanping | 191,588 |
Pucheng | Nanping | 304,583 |
Guangze | Nanping | 134,113 |
Songxi | Nanping | 125,472 |
Zhenghe | Nanping | 171,715 |
Shaowu | Nanping | 275,110 |
Wuyishan | Nanping | 233,557 |
Jian'ou | Nanping | 452,174 |
Jianyang | Nanping | 289,362 |
Xinluo | Longyan | 662,429 |
Changting | Longyan | 393,390 |
Yongding | Longyan | 362,658 |
Shanghang | Longyan | 374,047 |
Wuping | Longyan | 278,182 |
Liancheng | Longyan | 248,645 |
Zhangping | Longyan | 240,194 |
Jiaocheng | Ningde | 429,260 |
Xiapu | Ningde | 461,176 |
Gutian | Ningde | 323,700 |
Pingnan | Ningde | 137,724 |
Shouning | Ningde | 175,874 |
Zhouning | Ningde | 112,701 |
Zherong | Ningde | 88,387 |
Fu'an | Ningde | 563,640 |
Fuding | Ningde | 529,534 |
Kinmen (claimed) | Quanzhou |
See also
edit- List of township-level divisions of Fujian, for the township-level divisions within each county
References
edit- ^ 2012年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码. www.stats.gov.cn (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013.
- ^ 中华人民共和国行政区划沿革 (1949-2006). www.gov.cn. Government of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ 县级以上行政区划变更情况 (1999-present). www.mca.gov.cn. Ministry of Civial Affairs of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "Taiwan in Time: A provincial government that ruled no land - Taipei Times". 19 July 2020.